Elton John – Border Song (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] C F C C F C G/B [Verse 1]
Am   E7/G#  Am     E7/G#   Am
Holy Moses  I have been removed

C               G/B     C                Esus4 E
I have seen the spectre he has been here too

C                   G/B
Distant cousin from down the line

F                   Dm            C/E
Brand of people who ain't my kind

F  F#dim   C/G   F/G           C
Ho ly      Moses I have been removed
[Link] C F C C F C G/B [Verse 2]
Am   E7/G#  Am     E7/G#  Am
Holy Moses  I have been deceived

C                G/B               C                Esus4  E
Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave

C                G/B
Won't you please excuse my frankness

         F             Dm  C/E
But it's not my cup of tea

F  F#dim   C/G   F/G            C
Ho ly      Moses I have been deceived
[Link] C F C C F C G/B [Bridge]
C                     C/E
I'm going back to the border

         F        G                C
Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused

        C/E      F
I can't take any more bad water

     D/F#                             G7sus4
Been poisoned from my head down to my shoes
[Instrumental] C F C C F C G/B Am E7 Am E7 Am C G C Esus4 E C G F Dm C
F  F#dim   C/G   F/G           C
Ho ly      Moses I have been deceived
[Link] C F C C F C G/B [Verse 3]
Am   E7/G# Am     E7/G#   Am
Holy Moses let us live in peace

C                G/B           C               Esus4  E
Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease

C             G/B
There's a man over there

F                Dm
What's his color I don't care

F    F#dim   C/G     F/G            C
He's my      brother let us live in peace
[Outro]
F    F#dim   C/G     F/G            C   C/E
He's my      brother let us live in peace

F    F#dim   C/G     F/G            C    C/E
He's my      brother let us live in peace

F    F#dim   C/G     F/G                    C
He's my      brother let us, let us live in peace
[Coda] C F C C F C